English Caroline Script and Monastic History: Studies in Benedictinism, AD 950-1030

di David N. Dumville (Autore)

Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 1993

An analysis and study of Caroline script from 200 years of ecclesiastical and secular records reveals important historical detail relating to late Anglo-Saxon England. Caroline minuscule script was adopted in England in the mid-tenth century in imitation of Continental usage. A badge of ecclesiastical reform, it was practised in Benedictine scriptoria but was also taken up by members of the royal writing office; the chancery occupied an important place in the pioneering of calligraphic fashions. During its approximately two-century history in England, Caroline script developed a number of forms, in part reflecting different tendencies within the Reform-cause. The Rule of St Benedict was focal for this movement. In the aftermath of the final Scandinavian conquest of England [AD1016] a Canterbury master-scribe created the form ofCaroline writing which was to become a mark of Englishness and outlive the Norman Conquest. In the closing chapter its inventor's career is discussed and his achievement assessed. This volume offers analysis of manuscript evidenceas a basis for the cultural and ecclesiastical history of late Anglo-Saxon England. David N. Dumville is professor of History and Palaeography at the University of Aberdeen

• Autore: David N. Dumville
• Editore: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Collana: Studies in Anglo-Saxon History
• Anno: 1993
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 222 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 500 gr.
• EAN: 9780851153230

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